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took minit r two t’ figger this one out. B
ut, don’t yer really think Uncle Sam and his voters really being bullied? Gettin’ so hate t’ read news with ala hate messages being put out. Like Rodney King said, “Can’t we just get along?” Guess it depends where campaign money is coming from and going to. Nice one, John,made me think. don’t do that a’gain.

John, you left all the groups who are the first, and most frequent, to introduce the issue of President Obama’s place of birth to most discussion; his supporters, his Administration staff, Democratic Congressional leaders and mainstream media.

I’ve heard far more comments, from the groups your cartoon targets, denouncing these assertions and blowing them away as ineffective, obsessive conspiracy theorists.

Could it possibly be that the tactic of pulling this phony issue out of the trash liberate attempt to shift the discussion away from other issues that far better expose the Obama Administration’s ineptitude.

I beg to differ, Oates77. The issue of Obama’s residency at birth, a reasonable inquiry testing eligibility for the office of Presidency, was settled long before the 2008 election was concluded. The question was raised, then the question was answered and for most, case closed.

When the question was answered by Hawaian authorities, and verified by numerous other sources, the question was dropped, by all but a handful of conspiracy theorists (not unlike te persistent “9/11 Truthers”) who are normally considered with little credibility.

Additonally, to that limited group of die hard believers there is a much larger, much more persistent group(s) who insists on re-raising the issue at every possible opportunity. Coincidentally, I’m sure, these opportunites seem to always arise when the Obama Administration sreps on it’s own toes about some unrelated issue.

Regardless of the issue, then at hand, it seems a gaggle of Administration supporters and operatives immediately respond with something along the lines of, “Oh yeah, but what about the people who claim Obama wasn’t born on U. S. soil”. Cynics might conclude these obvious and silly efforts to divert attention might be deliberate, but anyone who could be swayed by this nonsense, likely isn’t worth the effort to persuade them.

Someone tell me how a place of birth makes any difference if you live your adult life in the States and are a citizen. Please, tell me how this makes the man unqualified or different when every person in this country traces their roots to other countries. Personally, I put a little more weight on him being top of his class at Harvard Law than I do a birth certificate. But that’s just me.

Either way, I have a feeling the citizenship check is pretty accurate and his place of birth and all other pertinent details are vetted by gov’t officials prior to him even running for ANY office, let alone President. What a load of rhetorical fear mongering BS!! They should have stuck with KOODIES……that one always works.

Just for the record willybill, Article II of the U. S. Constitution, for better or worse, states;

“No person except a natural born citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible for that Officewh shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a Resident within the United States.”

truth??? jOHN DOES PRET GOOD WITH HIS DRAWINGS ALONE. NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES IN HIS VENUE, HALF WILL CONDEMN HIM, HALF WILL SUPPORT HIM.
AS ASIDE: DOES IT REALLY MATTER ABOUT OBAMA’S BIRTHPLACE. HE WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, THE FACT THAT HE’S RETAINED HIS CHICAGO FRIENDS TO HELP HIM SHOWS COMPETENCY OF ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. MAKE UP ONE’S MIND

Well I guess how fast and how effectively you can manage to, “send us all to hell in a hand basket” could be measured as a sign of competence, but are you actually suggesting “Retaining his Chicago Friends” is somehow positive? Can any sane person want the nation to be run along the lines of how Chicago is run?

Does a President’s birthplace matter? Absolutely, but that issue has long been settled for President Obama so it is no longer relevant, except for those who keep trying to use that question as a bat to beat down any and all relevant criticisms of his job performance, or lack thereof.